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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_home_ownership_rate
France/ Germany may have higher and lower home ownership respectively, compared to the UK.
However, renters have rights there not present in the UK . They include the right not to be kicked out with only four week notice, the right to decorate their home as they wish, and the right to contest and reject abusive rent increases while still get to keep their homes.
renters in the U.K. have excellent rights
- minimum 2 months notice for rolling tenancy termination.
- rent increases can be appealed via a tribunal
- then you have all the tricks that can be played. To avoid paying all the rent anyway. Not to mention deposit protection and mandatory electric and gas safety.
In france, it’s not a right to decorate, it’s a requirement to maintain. As is buying building insurance and being stuck for 1-3 years.
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